Yma O Hyd Music Video

Yma o Hyd is a patriotic song in the Welsh language released by Dafydd Iwan in 1981. The historian and Welsh nationalist politician Dr. Gwynfor Evans is said to have given him the idea for the song. It has been argued that the song played a significant role in raising the morale of Welsh... Show More

Yma o Hyd is a patriotic song in the Welsh language released by Dafydd Iwan in 1981. The historian and Welsh nationalist politician Dr. Gwynfor Evans is said to have given him the idea for the song. It has been argued that the song played a significant role in raising the morale of Welsh nationalists during the 1980s, thereby inspiring a resurgence in support for the Welsh language and culminating in three key Acts of Parliament: the Education Reform Act of 1988, the Welsh Language Act of 1993 and the Government of Wales Act of 1998. Today, Yma o Hyd is very popular with Welsh folk music fans and widely considered second only to Hen Wlad fy Nhadau. It has also become a popular song sung by Scarlets fans. Dafydd Iwan performed the song at pitch side at both stadiums. The lyrics of the song start with a reference to the Romano-British emperor Macsen Wledig who left Wales and the shores of Britannia in AD 383 to claim the throne of the Romans. The song proudly proclaims Ry'n ni yma o hyd, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth which translates as "We're still here, in spite of everyone and everything." Show Less